Of Minors and the Mentally Ill: Re-positioning Perspectives on Consent to Health Care
Recognition of people’s right to consent to health care is linked to legal capacity and to respect for physical and mental integrity. Traditionally, children and persons with mental illness have been denied this right and substitute decision-making systems have been used for their protection. Today...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Windsor
2011-02-01
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| Series: | Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice |
| Online Access: | https://wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wyaj/article/view/4482 |